GAA player Michael Prendergast walks free after appealing sentence for on-field assault on opponent

A GAA player jailed for assaulting an opponent during a match between two Mayo football clubs, has walked free from prison following a successful appeal.

Michael Prendergast (aged 35), of Leicnin Village, Castlebar, Co Mayo, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to Jonathan Clarke during a football match between Bohola Moy Davitt's and Davitt's GAA Club on the Davitt GAA pitch, Ballindine, Co Mayo on September 14, 2013.